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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Brief: ‘Etisalat Prize for Innovation’
Award seeks to reward corporate organisations; small and growing businesses as
well as individuals developing advanced mobile broadband solutions and platforms
in Africa.

Highlights:

Here
are some highlights of ‘Etisalat Prize for Innovation’ to
reward the most innovative existing mobile broadband
product or service in Africa, according to the chief executive officer, Mr.
Steven Evans.

The
award, according to the chief executive officer, Mr. Steven Evans, would be one
of the

1.
Holding @ 15th annual AfricaCom Conference scheduled to take place
in Cape Town, South Africa in November 2012.

2.
Two categories, namely for driving or facilitating mobile broadband use on the
continent of Africa.

3.
The first prize of $25,000 is for the most innovative
product or service launched in the last 12 months

4.
Second prize of $10,000 for the most innovative idea

5.
Entries opened Thursday 16th of August till the 6th of
September 2012

Bloggers all over the world are gearing up
for the 2012 Blog Action Day (BAD) which has now been fixed for October 15,
2012, this year.

The event, which comes with the theme “The Power of We” while
bloggers could also use the #powerofwe hashtag, and invited registrations for
Blog Action Day.

Explaining
the theme for this year, the coordinators, said that the firstly, the
popularity of the subjects Community, Equality, Transparency/Anti-Corruption
and Freedom, in the theme poll have ran via Facebook and Twitter, over the last
few weeks.
Secondly, “we felt that Blog Action Day needed to reflect the ever growing
movements of people working together for positive social change.”

Whether using digital tools like blogs,
social networks and mobiles, or meeting face to face in local community halls,
neighbours house, and public streets, that greater numbers of people have been
coming together to make change, either for their own communities or the world at
large.For
the team at Blog Action Day, they see The Power of We as a celebration of
people working together to make a positive difference in the world, and hope participants
take part actively.
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